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Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC.

musician, person, actor, Christian, film producer, film director, Comedian, sagittarian person, musical act, person that is is a creator of a TV Show, screenwriter, author, award winner, person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize

Age at Death

65 years, 0 months and 9 days old

Albums

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Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years
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The Anthology
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That Nigger's Crazy
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...Is It Something I Said?
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L.A. Jail
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1940
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December 1940
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December 1st 1940
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the United States
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North America
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…

Illinois
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the world
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the Americas
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the Northern Hemisphere
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Springfield, Illinois
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Peoria, Illinois
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Northwest Territory
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Indiana Territory
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Sangamon County, IL
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Peoria County, IL
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Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area
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North America
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the Midwest
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the G8
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the contiguous United States
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the continental United States
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the Central Standard Time region
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the US dollar zone
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the area using the NANP

Los Angeles
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North America
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the world
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the Americas
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Los Angeles County, CA
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the Northern Hemisphere
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Greater Los Angeles Area
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Southwestern United States
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San Joaquin County, CA
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the west coast of the us
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the Pacific Standard Time region
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the continental United States
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the contiguous United States
,
the G8
,
the area using the NANP
,
the US dollar zone
,
North America
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Encino, California
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multiple sclerosis
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myocardial infarction

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"What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."
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"There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace."
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"The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work."
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"Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers."
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"I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get."
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"I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there."
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"I was an only child."
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"I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends."
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"I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals."
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"I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic."
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"I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."
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"I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right."
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"I believe in divine forces and energies."
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"I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing."
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"Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property."
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"Everyone carries around his own monsters."
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"A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."